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Befriending Directory

Searching for a befriender, thinking of volunteering, or wishing to connect with other befriending organisations? Our members offer a range of befriending services, including in-person, telephone and online befriending to local or national communities.

Whilst we encourage our members to keep their Directory listing up to date, we aren’t responsible for the accuracy of the information listed or the services provided by those in our Directory.

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What is befriending?

Befriending is a relationship supported by an organisation to enable meaningful connections. A service matches individuals or groups together and provides ongoing support to befrienders and service users. Find out more

Age UK Barnet

    Telephone Home visiting and digital inclusion service for Barnet residents over 55 who feel socially isolated.  We work with other local charities to develop capacity.
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    Age UK Barnsley

      A regular call for a friendly chat can make all the difference for someone who is feeling lonely! The aim of our telephone befriending service is to reduce loneliness and...
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      Age UK Bolton

        Age UK Bolton is pleased to offer one-to-one befriending support and friendship to older people who live alone, are socially isolated and experiencing feelings of loneliness.  The service is delivered...
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        Age UK Camden

          Dementia Befriending  - If you're an older person with memory issues or dementia, living on your own with little or no family & friends and have no contact with other...
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          Age UK Cheshire

            Sharing Time is a telephone befriending project supporting people across the whole of Cheshire.  The project matches people over 50 who may not get the opportunity for a regular friendly...
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            Age UK Croydon

            • Befriending Program

            Age UK Croydon's primary mission is to enhance the health, wellbeing, and independence of older people residing in Croydon. The organisation offers a range of services, including social activities, health and...
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            Age UK Hammersmith & Fulham

              We match older people with a befriender that either visits at least once per week in person or makes a call to have a chat.  Sometimes this can involve going...
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              Age UK Hull & East Yorkshire

                The Befriending service aims to reduce loneliness for people aged 50 or over, by providing regular contact at a time which is convenient to the person. The Telephone Befriending service...
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                Age UK Islington

                  The Befriending Service is for anyone over 50 living in Islington who is experiencing social isolation and loneliness.  The service matches these people with a volunteer befriender who can offer...
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                  Age UK Leicester Shire and Rutland

                    Our Befriending service offers companionship and support to older people who are lonely or isolated.  This includes telephone calls, home visits and support to engage with social groups.Befriending support is...
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                    Age UK Lincolnshire

                      The Befriending Service is for people who feel lonely and isolated, especially due to frailty and or physical impairments that prevents them from leaving their homes to enjoy companionship.  As...
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                      Age UK Merton

                        Age UK Merton Befriending Service has been supporting the older people of Merton for many years and is the first Age UK in the country to be awarded the Quality...
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                        Age UK North Cumbria

                        • Enabling Connections

                        We believe everyone should have the opportunity to love later life! Age UK North Cumbria believes that it is important to enable older people and their carers to have support...
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                        Age UK North Tyneside

                        • Home and Telephone Befriending Service

                        We provide a friendship service to older people in North Tyneside, to help reduce loneliness and isolation in our community. Our volunteer led service offers home visit befriending and telephone...
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                        Age UK North Yorkshire Coast & Moors

                        • The Gift of Friendship

                        Are you lonely?  Would you like to meet a new friend ?  Have you got a good listening ear ?  If so we need you, come and join our volunteers...
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                        Age UK Oldham

                          Our Befriending Service offers friendship and companionship to older people who live alone and feel lonely or isolated. Our scheme offers friendship and companionship through a registered volunteer befriender who...
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                          Age UK Reading

                            Age UK Reading provides befriending services to the older people of Reading and surrounding areas so as to reduce social isolation and loneliness.
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                            Age UK Solihull

                            • Community Connections

                                Age UK Solihull's Community Connections service supports older people across Solihull to build friendships, stay connected and reduce loneliness and isolation. We offer a range of services and...
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                            Age UK South Gloucestershire

                              Age UK South Gloucestershire's Befriending is a free service is for anyone in the region aged 50+ who is feeling lonely or isolated. A friendly volunteer will visit weekly, for...
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                              Age UK Wakefield District

                              • Befriending Service

                              Befriending Service Supporting older people aged 50+ across the Wakefield District. Our Befriending Service helps reduce loneliness and isolation by providing friendship, companionship and regular social contact through trained volunteer...
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                              Age UK Wandsworth

                              • Friends Together

                              Age UK Wandsworth is an independent local charity that provides a wide range of support services for people aged 60 and over and their carers living in the London Borough...
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                              Age UK Wyvern

                                Our Befriending service provides companionship to lonely or isolated older people who best need it and help provide a crucial link to the outside world.  We support older people in...
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                                b:friend

                                  b:friend is a charity reducing social isolation experienced by older neighbours (over 65), in South Yorkshire North Derbyshire and mid-Nottinghamshire, through 1:1 and group befriending. We aim to reconnect individuals...
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                                  Basingstoke NeighbourCare

                                  • Befriending Service

                                  Our Befriending service helps to combat loneliness for those who are housebound and living alone. We match each of our volunteer befrienders with someone who meets our criteria and they ...
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                                  Bradford District and Craven Mind

                                  • Community Companions

                                  Community Companions are trained volunteers, who offer one-to-one support to build up a friendship and encourage confidence to be able to meet face-to-face out in their local community.  The aim...
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                                  BrightLife/Age Concern Chesterfield and District

                                  • BrightLife

                                  BrightLife/Age Concern Chesterfield and District has run a Telephone Befriending Support Service for many years.  The Telephone Befriending Support Service is supported by our dedicated team of trained volunteers who...
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                                  Burmantofts Community Friends

                                    At BCF, we believe no one should feel alone.  Our Befriending Service offers weekly wellbeing calls and in-person visits for people aged 55+ in the Leeds area who would enjoy...
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                                    CHEER Elmbridge

                                      CHEER is a well-respected local charity supporting older people in Elmbridge, Surrey.  Our mission is to provide advice, friendship and support to help older people lead full, dignified and independent...
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                                      Community Together CIC

                                        Community Together CIC is a not for profit organisation providing a holistic set of services specialising in: Providing a 7 Day per week Telephone Support Service Befriending: Telephone, Face to...
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                                        East Cheshire Hospice

                                        • Community Befriending

                                        We offer a volunteer-led service in befriending providing social connection and practical support to people in the last 12 months of life, who may be a little isolate or in...
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